Based on our record, Unity Multiplayer should be more popular than Reactor Multiplayer Engine. It has been mentiond 2 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
Unity is what they are using, I just know from seeing it in the browser code and researched it a little last year. https://unity.com/solutions/build-backend. Source: over 1 year ago
I never said that Unreal is bad for non BRs, just that it is very good for BRs. The amount of work they put into making Fortnite work as well as it does puts it way above anything else for large match based shooters. I agree that Unity's old multiplayer code was an absolute mess, and I would have previously suggested using a third party solution. I was saying that I've heard good things about their new multiplayer... Source: about 2 years ago
Here is their website. Reach out to them saying you want to try Reactor if you want to use it KinematicSoup Technologies Inc. Source: about 1 year ago
Photon Engine - Independent networking engine and multiplayer platform.
Steamworks - Steamworks is a set of tools and services that help game developers and publishers build their games and get the most out of distributing on Steam.
Nakama - Nakama is an open-source distributed social and realtime server for games and apps.
PlayFab - PlayFab is a backend platform for games, delivering powerful real-time tools and services for LiveOps.
Xbox Live Creators Program - Microsoft Game Stack can help you find the right mix of tools and services to fit your game development needs.
Colyseus - Multiplayer Game Server for Node.js. Focus on the gameplay instead of networking.